How to remove Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam

Easy tips to delete Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam

Many deceptive websites trick people into downloading/ installing potentially unwanted apps using various deceptive tactics. Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam is one such example. The technique used here is to display a fake virus notification, claiming that the users’ system has been infected and needs to be scanned using the endorsed software to remove it. The same tactic can be used for different purposes such as to trick people into showing notifications. However, it is very likely that its notifications are used to deliver adware, browser hijacker and other potentially unwanted apps. It is worth mentioning that the websites like such are often visited unintentionally. Usually, they get opened through deceptive ads, other deceptive websites or PUAs already installed on the systems.

The Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam page is designed to display a fake virus notification, disguised as a Google Security warning claiming that Chrome browser is severely damaged due to total 13 viruses detected on the systems. These viruses should have to be removed before the personal data leakage. It lists out these data as the personal messages, images, passwords and other important information. As already said in the introduction, the main purpose of this dubious website is to trick people into allowing it to show notifications. It may ask to users to click on Allow button to scan the device and to protect it from spam, malware and ads with Google Play approved apps. As a rule, such deceptive pages show ads promoting untrustworthy websites, questionable apps and etc. And so, you should not all such sites to show notifications. As stated, it is uncommon that such pages are visited intentionally. So, you should check the system for PUAs installation.

It is important to mention that many PUAs are like that they generate various intrusive ads and gather browsing related data. They generate banners, coupons, surveys, pop-ups and other type of ads. These ads often open various questionable websites. Sometimes, they can be designed to cause unwanted download/ installation by running certain scripts. The data they collect include IP addresses, Search queries, Viewed pages, URLs visited, ISPs, Geo-locations and etc. These data could be shared with and/or sold to third parties/ potent crooks. Some of these apps can target credit card info, passwords and other details that may be misused to steal online accounts, make fraudulent purchases, transactions and so on. So, keeping such apps installed for longer time is highly not recommended. You can easily remove the PUA behind Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam from our below mentioned instructions. However, there is yet another way to perform the removal process, i.e., to use some reputable antivirus tool that provides automatic removal for such threats.

How did Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam enter my system?

Typically, users cause unwanted downloads or installations by clicking on deceptive ads that appears on various untrustworthy pages and is designed to run certain malicious scripts. It is common for the PUAs are distributed through deceptive bundling. In such cases, PUAs are included in the downloaders/ installers for other programs as additional offers. As a rule, unwanted offers are mentioned in Custom/Advanced and similar settings. When users leave those settings unchecked and unchanged, they lead to the inadvertent installation of unwanted apps.

Text in the Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam’s pop-up window:

YOUR DEVICE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED!

Immediate Action is Required!

OK

Text in the background:

Google Security

Thursday

17 June 2021

WARNING! Your Chrome is severely damaged by 13 Malware!

We have detected that your Chrome is (62%) DAMAGED by Tor.Jack Malware. Malicious and Aggressive Ads have injected this on your device.

Immediate Action is required to Remove and Prevent it from spreading that will leak sensitive data from your device. It includes your Social Media Accounts, Messages, Images, Passwords, and Important Data.

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How to prevent PUAs installation?

It is strongly recommended to download programs, files from official websites and direct links and not to use any third party downloaders, torrent clients, eMule and other p2p networks, unofficial pages and so on. Also use the settings like Custom/Advanced for the offers to download or install bundled apps before finishing downloads/ installations. Also, it is recommended to avoid clicking on any ads appear on any shady pages. These ads are often designed to open the pages of same kinds or cause unwanted downloads by running malicious scripts.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam:

Remove the related items of Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter. In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”. Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Your Chrome Is Severely Damaged By 13 Malware! POP-UP Scam (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications. Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.